Awards: PRSA/NY Accepts Entries for Big Apple Awards
Fri, Mar. 27, 2026
By Steve Barnes
The Public Relations Society of America's New York Chapter is accepting entries for the 39th Annual Big Apple Awards through May 17, with a 15 percent early bird discount (code: EARLYBIRD26) for entries received by April 16... Washington Women in PR opens nominations for the 2026 Washington Women in PR Emerging Leaders Awards... Ragan Communications, along with its Communications Week brand, is accepting nominations for the Zenith Awards through April 17.
French/West/Vaughan wins five 2025/2026 American Advertising Awards, which recognize creative excellence... Crosby Marketing Communications is named a 2026 Google Premier Partner in recognition of its digital advertising performance... The Brand Guild co-CEOs and founders Barbara Martin and Jayne Sandman are named to the Inc. Female Founders 500.
New York Women in Communications names the honorees for its 2026 Matrix Awards, which recognize outstanding achievement and women who exemplify exceptional leadership... Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International held its annual Adrian Awards Celebration February 18 at the New York Marriott Marquis... The Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management announces the winners of its World Public Relations and Communication Awards 2025. 
French/West/Vaughan was honored as one of the Top Agencies of the Year in the Midsize Agencies category during Ragan’s 2025 PR Daily Awards and Top Agencies Awards program... Mason SVP, public relations Derek Beere is named the 2025 Practitioner of the Year by the PRSA’s Greater Connecticut Chapter... The Communications Group’s Women In Industry Podcast (WIN) won Best Business Podcast at the 2025 ARKAST Awards, the biggest podcasting event in Arkansas.
TrizCom Public Relations receives the 2025 PRSA Dallas Pegasus Award Best of Show and the Pegasus Award for Events and Observances for its work on the Peppa Pig Theme Park Dallas/Fort Worth Grand Opening... Violet PR is recognized with two Pyramid Awards from PRSA's New Jersey Chapter... LDWW founding partner and president Ken Luce is named PR Professional of the Year by PRSA/Dallas.
Ruder Finn CEO Kathy Bloomgarden is inducted into the International Communications Consultancy Organization’s Hall of Fame... The New York Financial Writers’ Association presents Bloomberg News editor-at-large Marty Schenker with its 49th Elliott V. Bell Award... 5WPR racks up five wins at the 2025 MarCom Awards.
The New York Financial Writers’ Association awards its 2025 Impact Award for Distinguished Financial Journalism to STAT News for "Denied by AI," a four-part series reported by Casey Ross and Bob Herman... (W)right On Communications president and founder Julie Wright receives the 2025 Andy Mace Award for Outstanding Contribution in Public Relations by the San Diego Press Club... Ghidotti, a Little Rock-based public relations and content marketing agency, earned five international honors at the 2025 Public Relations Global Network Best Practice Awards.
In accepting the top honor at PRSA's ICON conference in Washington, D.C. this week, HUNTER CEO Grace Leong stressed that the greatest threat to truth isn't the lies we can spot, but the comforting myths we choose to believe.
The Public Relations Society of America, Los Angeles Chapter names ChavezPR CEO Stephen Chavez as its Public Relations Professional of the Year... Montieth & Company received two distinctions at the 2025 MarCom Awards, which are administered by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals... The Darnell Works Agency is named PR Agency of the Year in Corporate LiveWire’s 2025 Global Innovation & Excellence Awards.
The Washington Women in Public Relations names Fors Marsh VP, public impact and resilience Natalie Adler Woman of the Year at its annual luncheon on Oct. 3... Champion came in at #6 for the second consecutive year in Entrepreneur magazine’s Franchise 500 Top Suppliers list... Junipr Public Relations receives the Best of Skyline Award, which is awarded by PRSA Chicago.
TIME magazine editor Sam Jacobs was presented with the Daniel J. Edelman award for Social Impact at PRSA-NY's 2025 Big Apple Awards on Thursday, Sept. 18 at Sony Hall in Midtown Manhattan.
Feintuch Communications and NCSolutions take home four trophies at PRSA-NY’s 2025 Big Apple Awards... rbb Communications EVP Sandra Ericson has been named the 2025 recipient of the Bill Adams Lifetime Achievement Award by PRSA Miami... Montieth & Company is named Top Agency Workplace for the second consecutive year on PR Daily’s 2025 Top Agencies List... Pugh & Tiller receives Best PR Agency and Best Web Design Firm honors in The Maryland Daily Record’s 2025 Reader Rankings awards... Impact PR & Communications takes first place on CommPRO’s Top 10 US Public Relations and Communications Companies list. 
Makovsky + Company chairman and CEO Ken Makovsky will receive the Page Distinguished Service Award during the Page Annual Conference on Sept. 28... Ripley PR, which works with clients in the franchising and home service industries, is recognized as a top franchise supplier by Franchise Business Review, winning a bronze award in FBR’s 2025 Employee Satisfaction Awards.
The Stevie Awards name Cathay Financial as Organization of the Year in their 2025 (22nd Annual) International Business Awards... Durée & Company was recognized as Fort Lauderdale Magazine’s Best PR Agency of 2025 in the gold category for the third consecutive year. 
New York Women in Communications will present its Trailblazer Awards Tuesday, Sept. 16 at Forbes on Fifth in New York City....Montieth & Company is named a finalist in the 2025 Nonprofit Communications Awards of PR Daily... The University of Alabama’s Plank Center for Leadership in Commnunications will honor Edelman global chief people and culture officer Lisa Sepulveda with its Legacy Award.
Montieth & Company takes home a Gold Award for website design and development from the dotCOMM Awards... Baker Public Relations founder and CEO Megan Baker is among this year’s Women Who Mean Business honorees, which are part of the Albany Business Review’s Women in Leadership program... Ripley PR is named a finalist for the Franchise Business Review’s 2025 FBR Employee Satisfaction Awards.
ROKK Solutions takes home a Platinum Award at the dotCOMM Awards... Crosby Marketing Communications, which has offices in Annapolis, MD and Washington, DC, is recognized by Baltimore Business Journal as the #1 largest advertising agency and #1 PR firm in the region... Ripley PR, a global agency specializing in the skilled trades, manufacturing, B2B technology and franchising, is named the 2025-2026 PR Agency of the Year in the Southeast United States by the Corporate LiveWire Prestige Awards... Ghidotti Communications founder and CEO Natalie Ghidotti is named to the Public Relations Society of America’s College of Fellows.
Landis Communications president and CEO Sean Dowdall is selected by the San Francisco Business Times as a 2025 Outstanding Voices and Business of Pride Honoree... Violet PR, which works with clients in the economic development and real estate sectors, is named to Inc.’s 2025 Best Workplaces list... Amendola, which is part of Supreme Group, earns Hermes Creative Awards and The Swaay Health Award. 
